Forensic Linguistics

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An Introduction to Language in the Justice System

By John Gibbons

Series: Language in Society

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Forensic Linguistics introduces readers to the intriguing intersection of language and law. The book offers an integrated, thoroughly theorised understanding of language issues within legal contexts. It includes numerous examples drawn from real legal cases and documents, highlighting how linguistic factors can impact justice. It also explores how certain groups, such as ethnic minorities, children, and abused women, may face linguistic disadvantages in legal proceedings.
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This book is ideal for students and academics in linguistics, law, sociology, and anthropology, especially those exploring the relationship between language and legal processes. It suits undergraduate and postgraduate learners seeking a comprehensive introduction to forensic linguistics.

An introduction to the fascinating interface between language and the law. Examining the nature of legal language, the book also explores the language of contracts, and the language of legal processes such as court cases, police investigations, and the management of prisoners.

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Forensic Linguistics is an introduction to the fascinating interface between language and the law.

It provides an integrated and fully theorised understanding of language and law issues. The book contains many helpful examples from genuine legal contexts and texts, discussing the linguistic sources of disadvantage before the law, particularly for ethnic minorities, children, and abused women.

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Praised by Malcolm Coulthard (University of Birmingham) as an invaluable and accessible resource for teaching language and law, the book is wide-ranging and well-referenced. Lawrence M. Solan (Brooklyn Law School) commends it for its broad appeal to sociologists and anthropologists interested in power dynamics within the legal system through linguistic analysis. The New Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics notes it provides a clear overview of key concepts about communication in justice settings.

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ISBN: 9780631212478

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 10 January 2003

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 155.0mm

Height: 231.0mm

Weight: 617g

Pages: 352

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About the Author

John Gibbons teaches in the Department of English Language and Literature at Hong Kong Baptist University. He is author of Code Mixing and Code Choice (1987), editor of Language and the Law (1994), and co-editor of Learning, Keeping, and Using Language (1991). He is President of the International Association of Forensic Linguists, and is on the board of the International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Forensic Linguistics and Discurso y Sociedad.

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